A polish rail freight operator used a drone to catch an attempted robbery of its coal source. The footage from the drone was passed onto police, which arrested the robbers.

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In the first 10 months of 2014, PKP reported almost 900 cases of theft, adding that the situation will only get worse during the winter months as coal use heats up.

“Theft of raw materials during transport is a hurdle which we have faced for a number of years, and the losses incurred amount to millions [of zloty] each year,” Maciej Borecki, director of Security and Audit PKP Cargo, said during the announcement to use drones for security purposes. “In order to limit the scale of these crimes, this year we have decided to intensify preventive measures and make use of modern technology.”

Watch the robbers drive and run away once they realize the drone is filming them in the video below.

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